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Steichen, Edward. The Early Years 1900-1927. Aperture, New York, 1981.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Description: Large folio, 57 x 42 cm. Limited edition, copy 234 of 500 on Rives BFK (from a total of 1000 copies, plus 100 artist proofs). Portfolio of 12 hand-pulled photogravure prints, loose as issued with tissue guards. Essays by photographer Beaumont Newhall and Steichen's daughter, Mary Steichen Calderone MD, each signed in ink by both. LISTING of PRINTS: Grand Prix at Longchamp: After the Races, Paris, 1900 * Self-Portrait with Sister, Milwaukee, 1902 * Moonrise, Mamaroneck, New York, 1904 * In Memoriam, New York, 1902 * Steichen and Wife Clara on Their Honeymoon, Lake George, New York, 1903 * Richard Strauss, New York, 1904 * The Flatiron, New York, 1905 * Heavy Roses, Voulangis, France, 1914 * Isadora Duncan at the Portal of the Parthenon, Athens, 1920 * Three Pears and an Apple, France, circa 1921 * Brancusi in His Studio, Paris, 1925. Fresh and as-new copy of this limited edition portfolio of Edward Steichen's most renowned photographs. The text leaves were printed at the Stinehour Press, and the photogravure plates were hand-pulled on the presses of the Atelier de Taille Douce of Saint-Prex, Switzerland. Nubby beige cloth. Fine in matching fine slipcase with contents inside a paper enclosure and an Indian tussah silk and Curtis Tweedweave folio and slipcase with gold lettering
Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$4950.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Number 188 of the first 500 copies, a portfolio with 12 loose photogravure plates, 5 of which are images of New York, including the iconic Flatiron Building. Steichen's Flatiron reflects his training as a painter; he photographed the building at dusk in winter, from the west side of Madison Square Park. The tree branches in the foreground move the eye down to the rain soaked street, and the outline of a carriage driver. Steichen's image immortalized the Flatiron. Includes three additional items: 1. The printed prospectus; 2. A letter from the publisher, Aperture; and 3. An original invoice. The photogravure plates with tissue guards include: Grand prix at Longchamp, after the races. Paris, 1907 -- Self-portrait with sister. Milwaukee, 1900 -- Torso. Paris, 1902 -- Moonrise. Mamaroneck, New York, 1904 -- In memoriam. New York, 1902 -- Steichen and wife Clara on their honeymoon. Lake George, New York, 1903 -- Richard Strauss. New York, 1904 -- The Flatiron. New York, 1905 -- Heavy roses. Voulangis, France, 1914 -- Isadora Duncan at the portal of the Parthenon. Athens, 1920 -- Three pears and an apple. France, c. 1921 -- Brancusi in his studio. Paris, 1925. Portfolio (17 x 21 1/4") with gilt title. [7] pp, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates. Printed on 300 gram paper, Rives BFK. A fine copy in a portfolio case bound in Indian tussah silk and Curtis Tweedweave paper. OCLC: 700210851.
Seller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints, ABAA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: One of a 1000 copies, this being number 903. Signed by Beaumont Newhall and Mary Steichen Calderone. Includes 12 loose photogravures with tissue guards. Fine in a silk folio case. ; Hand-pulled dust-grain photogravures ; Folio
Seller: Daedalus Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
STEICHEN, Edward. Edward Steichen: The Early Years, 1900-1927. Aperture, New York, 1981.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Description: Limited texts are by Beaumont Newhall & Mary Steichen Calderone and are signed by both authors. Illustrated with 12 gorgeous large photogravures, loose as issued, with tissue guards, in a folding two-piece natural silk folio case. United States: Aperture, 1981. Limited edition, number 315 of 500 printed on heavy Rives BFK paper. Plates are all fine but the outer slipcase is somewhat dust-soiled and has a small 1 inch ink stain on rear cover; inner cloth slipcase is clean but the white board sleeve holding plates is cracked at edges. Fine in a very good case. The images were made by means of the Talbot-klic photogravure process. 11 of the plates were made using the dust-grain technique and one plate using a specially prepared screen. The plates were hand-pulled at Atelier de Taille Douce in Switzerland. Prospectus laid-in.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.